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Mersky

Mersky's Journal
Mersky's Journal
April 30, 2019

To Bernie supporters using that app, my name is Haywood Janotdoothat

Creeps me out, regardless of any data breach.

All I ask, is that you ask me before uploading your assessment of where I am on the Bernie spectrum.

I like Bernie a lot... in the Senate.

April 29, 2019

Really hits home for my family

Just the view from my little circle...

My grandpa was a fire chief of a small town for 25 years. And a proud Democrat who spoke of gladly staying with the party through the civil rights movement. He was a friend to everyone. IAFF support would be a big deal to him if he was still with us.

Cousins and uncles of mine have been firefighters and EMTs, as well. Some of them are Trump supporters, sigh.

I expect this will make them remember their Pa's views, and maybe think twice about nodding along with trump's maniacal bullshit.

I'm tracking with other candidates, too, but I really appreciate this endorsement.

April 28, 2019

Hadn't noticed such a pattern, but...

I have observed blue jays alerting hawk positions up and down a golf course. Basically they take turns reporting, then wherever there's a hawk overhead, the closest one will go silent. Or so that seems to be the pattern.

I know red tailed hawks around here like clear midday skies.

I'll pay closer attention to what the blue jays are up to on a rainy day.

April 28, 2019

Nice! Glad they've returned

Just love my backyard visitors. Have had a nice mix of finches, cardinals, and titmice at my feeder at the same time, too. Then the sparrows take a shift dining. Gold finches and warblers are a rare sight. I get the occasional cedar waxwing.

White winged doves stay busy at the seed tray on the ground. One in particular dubbed, Hinky, has stuck around over the months after injuring a wing. The grackles have their own large water dish where they hold pool parties.

April 28, 2019

Your original post without edits was, at best, misleading...

And at worst, an intentional takedown.

A lot can change in nine years. Like how legalization has gained broad support among the American people over those same years.

Additionally, one of the best qualities that I see in Biden is modeling how older folks can take on changing times. If he is still stuck on, gateway drug speak, then it needs to come from candidate Biden, not vice president Biden.

Btw, I like Harris. She is on my list of favorite candidates.

April 27, 2019

Thank you. I now feel 19% better today than yesterday.

And not just because the nights of insomnia finally stopped. Good toons. Learned and laughed, I did.

April 25, 2019

Good golly, y'all should here Biden talk about unions

Made me tear up, watching Biden talk about the importance of unions before the electrical workers union a few weeks back. I realized then that he had the stuff needed.

Now, that said, I am smitten with other candidates as well. I'm giving to three at the moment. More after I get my tax refund, etc.

Warren is a real deal, knows how it all works... Amazing force to reckon with. As an economics degree holder, who graduated just before the recession, I have been a major fan of hers for years.

Could not believe the crowds Beto could draw in Texas. Inspire the salt of the Earth folks and progressives who feel betrayed by a state government rigged-up to stay red. Saw this with my own eyes, I did. I adore how he can deliver an in-depth, egalitarian message without flinching.

Buttigieg, Inslee, and Harris have caught my attention as well. I am thrilled that there are so many class act, grade A, excellent dem candidates out there shining a beacon of light thru the swampy fog that trump expects us to lie down in and just accept. Well, I'm not doing it.

I'd rather spend my spare nickles on candidates than on that new pair of shoes, or fast food, or whatever other thing that I prolly don't need. If dollars are free speech, then I'd like to be heard right now.

April 21, 2019

One turd in 17,000 gallons of water, is still, a turd in the pool...

This article raises more questions than it answers. I need to know more. Would be nice to have a president that cared about the realities of Russian propaganda efforts online and such that he would plainly tell the public how concerned we should be, what he's doing about it, but wait, no ... He benefited from it and has done his best to exonerate himself away from any floaters.

I am shocked by the low numbers of ads in key states. If the online ad targeting is indeed of significantly lower effect, than say, the DNC hacking and Comey's reveal of investigation into Clinton, well, okay... I'm ready to accept that. I'll keep reading til I'm satisfied with what's being reported here.

Until I get to the bottom of it, I still will know that Hannity and Co have been dumping bags of manure in the deep end for years.

April 17, 2019

I'd like to see this up again

If possible, perhaps this could be reposted?

Otherwise, kick!

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